Nancy Hopkins Tier was an aviator. She was the president of the International Women's Air and Space Museum and a member of United Flying Octogenarians. In November 1927 she had her first flight from Hoover Field in Arlington, Virginia, and in 1929 she received a limited commercial license #5889 at Roosevelt Field in New York. In 1930 she listed her occupation as "aviation air pilot". That same year her father was working as an "antique salesman" and her mother was not listed as living in the household. In 1930 she entered the Women's Dixie Derby, a 2,000 mile air race from Washington, District of Columbia to Chicago, Illinois. She flew her Viking Kitty Hawk B4 biplane, NC30V. That same year she was one of four women in the 5,000-mile Ford National Reliability Air Tour and the only woman pilot. She won the New England Air Race in 1971 and placed several times. Nancy joined the Civil Air Patrol in 1942, where she served for 18 years. She was the first woman to receive the rank of Colonel as Wing Commander of Connecticut. She also served eight years on the National Commander Advisory Staff and received the Exceptional Service Award and the meritorious Award. She died in Sharon, Connecticut, on January 15, 1997.